Mrs Ann Barry in the character of Phaedra in Edmund Smith ’s Phaedra and Hippolitus, Drury Lane Theatre, 1774. Ann Street, 1734-1801, was a leading actress of the 18th century appearing as Mrs Dancer, Mrs. Barry and Mrs. Crawford. Copperplate engraving by J. Thornthwaite after an illustration by James Roberts from Bell’s British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays, John Bell, London, 1777.

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